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among the demands, the protesters want president obama to reject the keystone xl pipeline and to get the environmental protection agency to set carbon standards for power plants. >>> a bigger than normal crowd packed vat tan city today. it's the second to the last time pope benedict xvi will address crowds of catholic faithful from that famous window overlooking st. peter's square. about 100,000 people turned out to hear benedict ask for prayers for the next pope. the 85-year-old pope shocked the world last week when he announced he's resigning at the end of the month. >>> danica patrick became the first woman to win the pole position for the daytona 500. she will share the front row next sunday with jeff gordon. this will be patrick's first full season in nascar sprint cup series. >>> a few minutes ago i talked with danica patrick right here on cnn. it was not long after her ground-breaking achievement. she joined me from daytona beach. she's a modest lady and i asked her if she understood the magnitude making this important mark is in sports. >> in a simple word, yes, i understand
among the demands, the protesters want president obama to reject the keystone xl pipeline and to get the environmental protection agency to set carbon standards for power plants. >>> a bigger than normal crowd packed vat tan city today. it's the second to the last time pope benedict xvi will address crowds of catholic faithful from that famous window overlooking st. peter's square. about 100,000 people turned out to hear benedict ask for prayers for the next pope. the 85-year-old pope...
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she was the 15-year-old honor student, the drum majorette who performed in washington. hadiya was killed a week later on a playground about a mile north of president obama's home. hadiya's parents, cleo cowley pendleton and nathaniel pendleton are joining us here. first of all, our condolences to you and your family. we see your strength over the last couple of weeks. we saw ayou as guests of the president, in part of the state of the union address. and we see you with the visit with the president himself in chicago. you hear about this death of miss macfarlane, how do you make sense of this, what do you do? how did you react? >> i was deeply saddened. we've been out and talking about the various news media about how awful this feels. definitely, my heart went out to the family. i actually gave her money a call yesterday morning. >> you can tell me about that call, what you were able to say to her, what you were able to convey at this time? >> no, it was really just extending my condolences and letting her now, you know, whatever -- however she needs to deal with for pa
she was the 15-year-old honor student, the drum majorette who performed in washington. hadiya was killed a week later on a playground about a mile north of president obama's home. hadiya's parents, cleo cowley pendleton and nathaniel pendleton are joining us here. first of all, our condolences to you and your family. we see your strength over the last couple of weeks. we saw ayou as guests of the president, in part of the state of the union address. and we see you with the visit with the...
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president obama is on his way back to washington right now. he spent the weekend in florida playing golf and avoiding cameras. >> we obtained these exclusive far away pictures of the president and the video was pretty difficult to capture. peter did a great job, but we have seen nothing of the president's weekend round of golf with tiger woods. brian todd has been looking into it and joining us now. i think it's appropriate this time. >> no clear instances on this. the white house said media access was "consistent with other presidential golf outings." but the press corps complained about that and the optics don't look great for mr. obama. they are the two most high profile people in their feels. tiger woods in golf and president obama in almost everything else. they played golf together this past weekend, but we have more visuals of the president watching a top secret mission the night osama bin laden was killed than of mr. obama and tiger woods during the golf outing. the media was shutout. the press core complained. they responded by saying
president obama is on his way back to washington right now. he spent the weekend in florida playing golf and avoiding cameras. >> we obtained these exclusive far away pictures of the president and the video was pretty difficult to capture. peter did a great job, but we have seen nothing of the president's weekend round of golf with tiger woods. brian todd has been looking into it and joining us now. i think it's appropriate this time. >> no clear instances on this. the white house...
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the news and helped to reelect barack obama. there is an interesting development in the chris dorner issue in california. i never thought to see the media make a excuse for a murder of innocent people. nyou saw that portion suppressed by certain outfits. they would focus on the other things and leave it out and not post it on the website. it is true. they are jumping to make an excuse here for someone who is strong for gun control and when you have something happen and possibly the person might have something to do with concerted politics there is it a run to jump to conclusions. we saw it when james hol mes. he might tea party. not true . jard jard - jar delet ed laufener . saw when a man who flew his plane in the i.r.s.. he had a manifestero from karl marx . assumed he was a tea party nut. >> it is it amazing there are is not greater objectivity on what joe biden called on the legitimate new's media and then you have comment ators. i want to show you a clip. this is it from mark. on cnn talking like he is a hero,. >> as far as
the news and helped to reelect barack obama. there is an interesting development in the chris dorner issue in california. i never thought to see the media make a excuse for a murder of innocent people. nyou saw that portion suppressed by certain outfits. they would focus on the other things and leave it out and not post it on the website. it is true. they are jumping to make an excuse here for someone who is strong for gun control and when you have something happen and possibly the person might...
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and his state of the union speech president obama outlined some of the external threats that the country is facing first of all pair of spreading to different parts of the world for what he said although the u.s. is pulling troops out of afghanistan america's war on terror will continue to listen to this true different al qaeda affiliates in extremist groups have emerged from the already raven peninsula to africa the threat these groups pose is of all. but to meet this threat we don't need to send tens of thousands of our sons and daughters abroad occupying other nations we will continue to take direct action against those terrorists who pose the greatest threat to america although there was no mentioning of the word drone everyone knew that's what the president meant when saying direct action with no u.s. troops involved what he did not talk about was the limits for this war that there's an inspiration is waging with a remote control the justification that the administration gave john brennan's words we don't punish people for past strike before they take action that offers a very broad
and his state of the union speech president obama outlined some of the external threats that the country is facing first of all pair of spreading to different parts of the world for what he said although the u.s. is pulling troops out of afghanistan america's war on terror will continue to listen to this true different al qaeda affiliates in extremist groups have emerged from the already raven peninsula to africa the threat these groups pose is of all. but to meet this threat we don't need to...
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president obama will be visiting israel very soon. we talk about the 20% in richmond deal. the conversation hinges on the other side of that, the credibility of the united states if a deal does not go along the lines of using military force. the big deal is to do with the trigger. what would trigger that? i'd like to hear your opinions on the visit and what you think of that debate. >> thank you very much. >> recent graduate of johns hopkins. thank you for being here. i have 1 million questions but i will stick to one and it has to do with power players. the current government is very right wing. every government has talks. of these factions and other factions engaged in nuclear energy or isolated with nuclear weapons? what does the next possible generation of power players feel about this if we assume that a regime change does not happen? and that assumes, if we get one, in new ayatollah. >> even more brutal hypocrisies have domestic politics. >> why don't they start? i will take those in reverse order. these are huge, multiple questions and i wish we had more time to real
president obama will be visiting israel very soon. we talk about the 20% in richmond deal. the conversation hinges on the other side of that, the credibility of the united states if a deal does not go along the lines of using military force. the big deal is to do with the trigger. what would trigger that? i'd like to hear your opinions on the visit and what you think of that debate. >> thank you very much. >> recent graduate of johns hopkins. thank you for being here. i have 1...
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in his state of the union speech washington recognizes the urgency. we'll reward schools to develop new partnerships with colleges and employers and create classes that focus on science technology engineering and math the skills today's employers are looking for to fill the jobs that are there right now and will be there in the future for decades the u.s. has been a magnet for scientific genius from all over the world immigrants helped start prominent american tech companies like google yahoo intel lent instagram the u.s. can still count on the steady inflow of talents from around the globe no doubt about that but experts say it does not alleviate the urgency of growing talents at home considering how much poor math results can cost the country in the future in washington i'm going to check out. a quick look at some other world news now. in pakistan militants disguised as policemen have attacked the office of a top politicians international are killing five people that's a day after protests across pakistan time on the security of a shia minority or i
in his state of the union speech washington recognizes the urgency. we'll reward schools to develop new partnerships with colleges and employers and create classes that focus on science technology engineering and math the skills today's employers are looking for to fill the jobs that are there right now and will be there in the future for decades the u.s. has been a magnet for scientific genius from all over the world immigrants helped start prominent american tech companies like google yahoo...
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and reporting my name is to obama say. they have since it. has been brought to a standstill by mass protests initiated by football fans several thousand activists blocked access to the local railway and port and forced fractures to shut down there's a follows a wave of unrest in general sparked by the death sentences given to twenty one football fans they were found guilty of inciting last year's riots that left more than seventy people did has the latest from cairo. the ultra hardcore football fans who call these that disobedience house said they will escalate in the next few days if their demands a not match the story about three thousand people come to the streets of poor saeed basically showing anger against the president and the authorities they reportedly surrounded the governor's building they managed to actually get government employees on the science they stopped the harbor from working and even went to the telecom buildings this however was not just the ultras the hardcore football fans who were involved other se
and reporting my name is to obama say. they have since it. has been brought to a standstill by mass protests initiated by football fans several thousand activists blocked access to the local railway and port and forced fractures to shut down there's a follows a wave of unrest in general sparked by the death sentences given to twenty one football fans they were found guilty of inciting last year's riots that left more than seventy people did has the latest from cairo. the ultra hardcore football...
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netanyahu and other officials of the government would have preferred governor romney to win than president obama? >> and other things say all sorts of things. >> that's not true? >> i'm telling you that bipartisan party in this country -- support is one of the truly bipartisan issues in washington. there aren't that many, but this one is. >> not many left. >> this one is, it's supreme national importance to the state of israel. and we worked to preserve it. i have -- prime minister netanyahu has been in nine meetings with president obama. i've been present at all of them. i can tell you those meetings are friendly, candid, open. >> right. >> and president obama has said that he has spent more time speaking with prime minister netanyahu than any foreign leader, including this week, they spoke for about an hour. it's a very close relationship. we've had our disagreements. >> right. >> we've had disagreements. but the lit must is mot whether there are -- litmus is not whether there are disagreements. whether you move beyond them on to the peace process and the iranian nuclear programs and the effor
netanyahu and other officials of the government would have preferred governor romney to win than president obama? >> and other things say all sorts of things. >> that's not true? >> i'm telling you that bipartisan party in this country -- support is one of the truly bipartisan issues in washington. there aren't that many, but this one is. >> not many left. >> this one is, it's supreme national importance to the state of israel. and we worked to preserve it. i have...
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it seems like in the united states the obama administration has prosecuted six whistleblowers. from the george washington administration until the end of the bush administration the entire collection of prosecutions of whistleblowers. anti-government whistleblowers or people. the total number of people prosecuted was three by every previous administration combined how have things changed for whistleblowers. well you bring up a very very important fact and by the way those those are national security whistleblowers and that actually relates to something larger which are which is another theme of the book you know it's easy to admire whistleblowers when they blow the whistle on someone else's crimes or someone else's fraud when their distance from daniel ellsberg oh the vietnam war of course what a hero ellsberg was not a hero in too many people in the seventy's when he when he actually you know played a role in public in getting the pentagon papers published as you noted six national security government employees have been prosecuted under the espionage act in recent years for v
it seems like in the united states the obama administration has prosecuted six whistleblowers. from the george washington administration until the end of the bush administration the entire collection of prosecutions of whistleblowers. anti-government whistleblowers or people. the total number of people prosecuted was three by every previous administration combined how have things changed for whistleblowers. well you bring up a very very important fact and by the way those those are national...
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hagel of course knowing the position chuck hagel had taken before was also seen as a message president obama had said previously that there is too much of your talk going on and maybe by nominating chuck hagel he wanted to play down because too many people here in washington are too eager to talk war just during the confirmation hearing the word war was mentioned one hundred twenty times the word iran one hundred eight times by comparison of ghana's than the war that the u.s. is fighting right now just twenty six mentions of course those are just words but they may very well show how eager many many in washington are to discuss new wars without even having finished the old ones. paul craig roberts assistant secretary of the u.s. treasury under president reagan thinks it's chuck hagel bold views on israel that are landing him in trouble with republicans now. she has. made a mistake some years ago when he said that he was an american senator not an israeli senator and this instant come up look almost in the in the last presidential election in the united states the israeli prime minister. supp
hagel of course knowing the position chuck hagel had taken before was also seen as a message president obama had said previously that there is too much of your talk going on and maybe by nominating chuck hagel he wanted to play down because too many people here in washington are too eager to talk war just during the confirmation hearing the word war was mentioned one hundred twenty times the word iran one hundred eight times by comparison of ghana's than the war that the u.s. is fighting right...
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obama. when the freshman senator decided to make a run for the white house in 2008 he tapped mcdonough to be his foreign policy adviser for the campaign and once president, obama appointed him. the president noted when he announced him as his pick, mcdonough has been involved in every major foreign policy decision including the call to get osama bin laden. >> i thought denis decided to like pull all-nighters. the truth is nobody outworks denis mcdonough. >> here he is. mr. mcdonough, welcome to "meet the press." >> thanks for having me. >> what is your key part of your goal for this job? how do you approach it? >> my approach is focus on something that jim baker told me the other day. reach out to several of the other chiefs of staff. he said as long as you're focused and not on chief, you're going to be okay. i got to tell you i'm working with a staff that is excellent. i'm really honored to be part of it. honored the president has laid this responsibility on me and looking forward to doing
obama. when the freshman senator decided to make a run for the white house in 2008 he tapped mcdonough to be his foreign policy adviser for the campaign and once president, obama appointed him. the president noted when he announced him as his pick, mcdonough has been involved in every major foreign policy decision including the call to get osama bin laden. >> i thought denis decided to like pull all-nighters. the truth is nobody outworks denis mcdonough. >> here he is. mr....
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obama. he has been taken last week, i believe mr. gibbs, who i don't often agree with, said he was the most unprepared and unempress sive nominee that he had ever seen. certainly the most unimpressive that i've ever seen. it really is -- 99% of it is to do with the positions that senator hagel has taken, whether it be votes against sanctions against iran, whether it be his belief that the surge would be the worst thing since the vietnam war and the positions that he has taken on various issues is, frankly, been out of -- not only out of the mainstream but far to the left. >> you asked -- were asked about his qualifications which is now an issue. you said he is not qualified to be secretary of defense. you came a long way, senator mccain n 2000, you were running for president in your stomping grounds of new hampshire. here is what you said. >> secretary of defense, there's a lot of people that could do that one of them, i think, is senator chuck hagel. >> what's changed? >> that was the time
obama. he has been taken last week, i believe mr. gibbs, who i don't often agree with, said he was the most unprepared and unempress sive nominee that he had ever seen. certainly the most unimpressive that i've ever seen. it really is -- 99% of it is to do with the positions that senator hagel has taken, whether it be votes against sanctions against iran, whether it be his belief that the surge would be the worst thing since the vietnam war and the positions that he has taken on various issues...
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he's heading to washington to meet with u.s. president barack obama. white house officials say they'll discuss economic issues, the u.s.-japan security alliance, and their approach to north korea. north korean officials launched a rocket in december. they said they put a satellite into space. but western leaders say they were testing technology for a ballistic missile. some security analysts say such a missile could reach the u.s. west coast and could carry a nuclear payload. north korean scientists carried out another underground nuclear test last week. and authorities in pyongyang have hinted they may conduct another rocket launch before the end of this year. abe and obama will meet on friday at the white house. japanese government officials say the leaders will discuss the deployment of a second x band radar. u.s. army personnel already operate those systems at an air self-defense force base in northern japan. one government official says the additional system will make it possible to track missiles aimed at japan or the u.s. >>> a north korean dipl
he's heading to washington to meet with u.s. president barack obama. white house officials say they'll discuss economic issues, the u.s.-japan security alliance, and their approach to north korea. north korean officials launched a rocket in december. they said they put a satellite into space. but western leaders say they were testing technology for a ballistic missile. some security analysts say such a missile could reach the u.s. west coast and could carry a nuclear payload. north korean...
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companies and so many fortune 500 companies, not because of who he is, but mainly who he likes, barack obama? it stands out. >> you hit on head you talk about how president has special companies he dos goes after with complexity in the loopholes and tax code, always the oil companies, but you see companies like facebook, and green companies getting pre preference capitapreferentialtreatment. like solyndra. neil: the energy companies collectively pay highest amount of taxing but highest corporate tax rate, period. and yet there is an a am over whether they are yield a few million more afternoon tens of billions they pay is the issue, when some. >> this points to how our presidencies tax code, not actually as a mechanism to raise revenues and fund legitimate services and government, it is a tool for his own social agenda. a tool for social a warfare. he wants to pay out to different energy companies, look at his state of the union, in same breath he esscoreiates loopholes, he has more of preferential treatment for his own green energy companies, interesting he says we have a broken tax code, a
companies and so many fortune 500 companies, not because of who he is, but mainly who he likes, barack obama? it stands out. >> you hit on head you talk about how president has special companies he dos goes after with complexity in the loopholes and tax code, always the oil companies, but you see companies like facebook, and green companies getting pre preference capitapreferentialtreatment. like solyndra. neil: the energy companies collectively pay highest amount of taxing but highest...
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in washington. and if people start seeing that on january 1st this problem still has not been solved. if they save that people's taxes have gone up, which means consumer spending is going to be depressed, then obviously that will have an adverse reaction on the markets. lou: and, of course, that is exactly what has transpired as we now approach the onset of sequestered. took a long time, but president obama today finally reach out to the republican leaders to talk sequester, talking by phone with the speaker and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. fox news chief white house correspondent ed henry has our report. >> with just eight days ago, president obama please call today on the budget calamity to speaker of the house and senate minority leader. mccaw's office said it was the first time mr. obama called in since new year's eve. as white house officials faced questions on whether the buck stops with the president. >> the president is commander in chief, and he is very concerned. that is why he
in washington. and if people start seeing that on january 1st this problem still has not been solved. if they save that people's taxes have gone up, which means consumer spending is going to be depressed, then obviously that will have an adverse reaction on the markets. lou: and, of course, that is exactly what has transpired as we now approach the onset of sequestered. took a long time, but president obama today finally reach out to the republican leaders to talk sequester, talking by phone...
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it is there and it's strong judging by the initiatives put forward by president obama in his state of the union speech washington recognizes the urgency will reward schools to develop new partnerships with colleges and employers and create classes that focus on science technology engineering and. the skills today's employers are looking for to fill the jobs that are there right now and will be there in the future for decades the u.s. has been a magnet for scientific genius from all over the world immigrants helped start prominent american tech companies like google yahoo intel and instagram the u.s. can still count on the steady inflow of tolerance for more on the globe no doubt about that but experts say it does not alleviate the urgency of growing talents at home considering how much poor math results can cost the country in the future in washington i'm going to check out she could face the death penalty in her native afghanistan for converting from islam to christianity a young girl has been allowed to stay dry share as a refugee after she was just owned by have family for changing
it is there and it's strong judging by the initiatives put forward by president obama in his state of the union speech washington recognizes the urgency will reward schools to develop new partnerships with colleges and employers and create classes that focus on science technology engineering and. the skills today's employers are looking for to fill the jobs that are there right now and will be there in the future for decades the u.s. has been a magnet for scientific genius from all over the...
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among the demands, they're looking for president obama to kill the keystone xl pipeline. we've got a reporter right in the thick of it and we'll take you there, just moments away. >>> massachusetts is covered with a thick blanket of snow again, just a week after a monster blizzard slammed into it. boston is the hardest hit with strong winds and blowing snow, making it very difficult to see. as you can see that driver there. in detroit a snowstorm resulted in a massive pile-up on the highway, southbound 175, i-75 was shut down for hours after about 20 to 30 cars spun out of control, drivers said it was simply impossible to see in a snowstorm. >> it was just like somebody suddenly threw a white sheet across the -- >> we could see nothing ahead of us. >> -- the wind shield. you could hear cars one after another banging. >> the winter storm warning for massachusetts ends a couple of hours from now just about 5:00. >>> over in illinois the family of jesse jackson jr. are struggling to cope with allegations the former congressman misused campaign funds for personal expenses. th
among the demands, they're looking for president obama to kill the keystone xl pipeline. we've got a reporter right in the thick of it and we'll take you there, just moments away. >>> massachusetts is covered with a thick blanket of snow again, just a week after a monster blizzard slammed into it. boston is the hardest hit with strong winds and blowing snow, making it very difficult to see. as you can see that driver there. in detroit a snowstorm resulted in a massive pile-up on the...
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to the left of the obama administration's foreign policy agenda. was on the fringe of the senate. you are talking about a person whose voting record shows softness on iran and and antagonism on israel beyond belief. the fact that they wanted to cloture vote thursday was unreasonable. we voted senator kerry out in the same day because there was no don't veronica moser i have. controversy. we offered to hold the vote until after the break. that wasn't good enough. they wanted to force this issue. so i'm glad that we have got more time to look and i'm glad he answered my question about a very disturbing comment he allegedly made. so i think we doing our job to scrutinize i think one of the most unqualified radical choices for secretary of defense in a very long time. >> chris: well, let me ask you a question about that. if he is so radical and unqualified if you get the information you are seeking on him and on benghazi and we will get to that in a moment, why wouldn't you still continue to try to block him? >> well, because i do believe the president
to the left of the obama administration's foreign policy agenda. was on the fringe of the senate. you are talking about a person whose voting record shows softness on iran and and antagonism on israel beyond belief. the fact that they wanted to cloture vote thursday was unreasonable. we voted senator kerry out in the same day because there was no don't veronica moser i have. controversy. we offered to hold the vote until after the break. that wasn't good enough. they wanted to force this issue....
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obama. when he decided to make a run for the white house in 2008 he tapped mcdonough to be his foreign policy adviser to the campaign. the president announced him as his pick, mcdonough involved in every major foreign policy decision, including the call to get osama bin laden. >> i actually begun to think that denis likes pulling all-nighters. the truth is nobody outworks denis mcdonough. >> here he is. mr. mcdonough, welcome to "meet the press." >> thanks so much for having me, david. >> this is a tough job. you're the fourth one to have it. what is the key, part of your goal for this job as the president has a narrow window? how do you approach it? >> my approach is to focus on something jim baker told me just the other day, actually. reach out to several of the other chiefs of staff in the past and he said as long as you you focused on the staff and not on the chief, you are going to be okay. i'm working with a staff that is excellent. i'm real honored the president has laid this responsi
obama. when he decided to make a run for the white house in 2008 he tapped mcdonough to be his foreign policy adviser to the campaign. the president announced him as his pick, mcdonough involved in every major foreign policy decision, including the call to get osama bin laden. >> i actually begun to think that denis likes pulling all-nighters. the truth is nobody outworks denis mcdonough. >> here he is. mr. mcdonough, welcome to "meet the press." >> thanks so much...
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seems like in the united states the obama administration has prosecuted six whistleblowers. from the george washington administration until the end of the bush administration the entire collection of prosecutions of whistleblowers. anti-government whistleblowers or people. the total number of people prosecuted was three by every previous administration combined how have things changed for whistleblowers. will bring up a very very important fact and by the way those those are national security...
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and make sure to see to it that president obama, the 44th, did not become king barack the first. he calls that obstructionism. the constitution calls it separation of powers. he calls that political demagoguery, i call it governance at the consent of the government. so, i personally. abcdef, i don't do that, it's a little different, my scale. i narrowed it down i'm going to give him a b-d which stands for bovine droppings. >> mike: i don't know what that means, larry. and let's go to helen from above the law.com. and what do you grade the president? >> i'm going to give him an a, look, it bothers president obama does something against the will of prime minister boehner and mccain. we have an article 2 in the constitution, article 2 in the constitution gives him the power to do, you know, something. right? >> yeah, something indeed, but, but kelly ann, let me ask you, is the something he gets to do is to act without regard to two other branches of government that are equal to the president in power? >> that's the chief concern here, governor. is that this president has had a track
and make sure to see to it that president obama, the 44th, did not become king barack the first. he calls that obstructionism. the constitution calls it separation of powers. he calls that political demagoguery, i call it governance at the consent of the government. so, i personally. abcdef, i don't do that, it's a little different, my scale. i narrowed it down i'm going to give him a b-d which stands for bovine droppings. >> mike: i don't know what that means, larry. and let's go to...
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. >> kelly: first a major showdown in washington over looming spending cuts set to kick in next week. lawmakers are digging in for a long fight as president obama and congressional democrats accuse republicans of protect go the wealthy. while they refuse to bend on tax hikes and blast the president. >> it unfortunately appears that republicans in congress instead of compromising, instead of asking anything of the wealthiest of americans, they would rather let these cuts fall squarely on the middle-class. >> house republicans have passed to bills to we place the at the questions terrify. the question is, why won't he work with us? the answer is because he wants higher taxes. >> kelly: molly henneberg has the latest details on this. the blame seems to go to both sides. what else is being done? >> reporter: no sign that a compromise is in the works to avoid the $85 billion in federal spending cuts set to kick in on friday, march 1st. barring a budget deal between the white house and congress. the president insists any last minute deal has to include more tax hikes as well as spending cut
. >> kelly: first a major showdown in washington over looming spending cuts set to kick in next week. lawmakers are digging in for a long fight as president obama and congressional democrats accuse republicans of protect go the wealthy. while they refuse to bend on tax hikes and blast the president. >> it unfortunately appears that republicans in congress instead of compromising, instead of asking anything of the wealthiest of americans, they would rather let these cuts fall...
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the move is not unexpected, but peter doocy is following that for us, live in washington. hi, peter. >> reporter: hi, jamie, and in that brief filed yesterday the solicitor general makes crystal clear, the obama administration thinks that the defensive marriage act, law passed in 1996, quote. denies to tens of thousands of same sex couples legally married under state law, an arare of important federal benefits that are available to legally married opposite sex couples, and jamie, this represents part of a broader shift toward insuring gay rights. and president obama made sure everybody knows they're an important part. >> our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law. >> a little more than a month into his second term, president obama's administration has a little less than a week to file a friend of the court brief against proposition 8, which was a gay marriage and banning balloting initiative approved by colorado voters in 2008 only to be overturned by the california supreme court. leaders aren't sure how influe
the move is not unexpected, but peter doocy is following that for us, live in washington. hi, peter. >> reporter: hi, jamie, and in that brief filed yesterday the solicitor general makes crystal clear, the obama administration thinks that the defensive marriage act, law passed in 1996, quote. denies to tens of thousands of same sex couples legally married under state law, an arare of important federal benefits that are available to legally married opposite sex couples, and jamie, this...
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i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. president obama and congressional republicans remain worlds apart on a realistic solution to prevent billions of dollars in automatic cuts. the sequester from kicking in march 1st. right now the politics are trumping any movement towards compromise. joining me now for our daily fix chris calizza, msnbc contributor and managing of post politics.com, and washington post reporters laurie montgomery and nia malika henderson. chris, first to you. set the stage for us. there's no solution in sight. is the white house expecting it has the high road in terms of politics of it and that republicans will be on the defensive because i don't see any way they're bridging the gap. there is no outward ed that began is being bridged. i think the government sees the only way it could be bridged by agreeing with some tax increases, and they say, you know what, all these cuts, sure it's a meat clever approach, not a scalpel, but at least they're cuts, and it's not about tax increases. we kind of -- they
i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. president obama and congressional republicans remain worlds apart on a realistic solution to prevent billions of dollars in automatic cuts. the sequester from kicking in march 1st. right now the politics are trumping any movement towards compromise. joining me now for our daily fix chris calizza, msnbc contributor and managing of post politics.com, and washington post reporters laurie montgomery and nia malika henderson. chris, first to you. set the stage...